Take the guesswork out of deploying, administering, and automating
Active Directory. With hundreds of proven recipes, the updated edition
of this popular cookbook provides quick, step-by-step solutions to
common (and not so common) problems you might encounter when working
with Microsoft's network directory service.
This fourth edition includes troubleshooting recipes for Windows Server
2012, Windows 8, and Exchange 2013, based on valuable input from Windows
administrators. You'll also find quick solutions for the Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Active Directory Lightweight Directory
Services (AD LDS), multi-master replication, DNS, Group Policy, and many
other features.
- Manage new AD features, such as the Recycle Bin, Group Managed Service
Accounts, and fine-grained password policies
- Work with AD from the command line and use Windows PowerShell to
automate tasks
- Remove and create forests, domains, and trusts
- Create groups, modify group scope and type, and manage membership
- Delegate control, view and modify permissions, and handle Kerberos
tickets
- Import and export data with LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF)
- Synchronize multiple directories and enforce data integrity within a
single or multiple stores
- Back up AD, and perform authoritative and non-authoritative restores